linux.git/kernel, branch v3.1-rc5 Linux kernel source tree All Arch: remove linkage for sys_nfsservctl system call 2011-08-26T22:09:58+00:00 NeilBrown neilb@suse.de 2011-08-26T22:03:11+00:00 f5b940997397229975ea073679b03967932a541b The nfsservctl system call is now gone, so we should remove all linkage for it. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
The nfsservctl system call is now gone, so we should remove all
linkage for it.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: J. Bruce Fields <bfields@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/printk: do not turn off bootconsole in printk_late_init() if keep_bootcon 2011-08-25T23:25:34+00:00 Nishanth Aravamudan nacc@us.ibm.com 2011-08-25T22:59:11+00:00 4c30c6f566c0989ddaee3407da44751e340a63ed It seems that 7bf693951a8e ("console: allow to retain boot console via boot option keep_bootcon") doesn't always achieve what it aims, as when printk_late_init() runs it unconditionally turns off all boot consoles. With this patch, I am able to see more messages on the boot console in KVM guests than I can without, when keep_bootcon is specified. I think it is appropriate for the relevant -stable trees. However, it's more of an annoyance than a serious bug (ideally you don't need to keep the boot console around as console handover should be working -- I was encountering a situation where the console handover wasn't working and not having the boot console available meant I couldn't see why). Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de> Acked-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fdinitto@redhat.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> [2.6.39.x, 3.0.x] Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
It seems that 7bf693951a8e ("console: allow to retain boot console via
boot option keep_bootcon") doesn't always achieve what it aims, as when
printk_late_init() runs it unconditionally turns off all boot consoles.
With this patch, I am able to see more messages on the boot console in
KVM guests than I can without, when keep_bootcon is specified.

I think it is appropriate for the relevant -stable trees.  However, it's
more of an annoyance than a serious bug (ideally you don't need to keep
the boot console around as console handover should be working -- I was
encountering a situation where the console handover wasn't working and
not having the boot console available meant I couldn't see why).

Signed-off-by: Nishanth Aravamudan <nacc@us.ibm.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
Acked-by: Fabio M. Di Nitto <fdinitto@redhat.com>
Cc: <stable@kernel.org>		[2.6.39.x, 3.0.x]
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Add a personality to report 2.6.x version numbers 2011-08-25T17:17:28+00:00 Andi Kleen ak@linux.intel.com 2011-08-19T23:15:10+00:00 be27425dcc516fd08245b047ea57f83b8f6f0903 I ran into a couple of programs which broke with the new Linux 3.0 version. Some of those were binary only. I tried to use LD_PRELOAD to work around it, but it was quite difficult and in one case impossible because of a mix of 32bit and 64bit executables. For example, all kind of management software from HP doesnt work, unless we pretend to run a 2.6 kernel. $ uname -a Linux svivoipvnx001 3.0.0-08107-g97cd98f #1062 SMP Fri Aug 12 18:11:45 CEST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux $ hpacucli ctrl all show Error: No controllers detected. $ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/hpacucli hpacucli-8.75-12.0 Another notable case is that Python now reports "linux3" from sys.platform(); which in turn can break things that were checking sys.platform() == "linux2": https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664564 It seems pretty clear to me though it's a bug in the apps that are using '==' instead of .startswith(), but this allows us to unbreak broken programs. This patch adds a UNAME26 personality that makes the kernel report a 2.6.40+x version number instead. The x is the x in 3.x. I know this is somewhat ugly, but I didn't find a better workaround, and compatibility to existing programs is important. Some programs also read /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease. This can be worked around in user space with mount --bind (and a mount namespace) To use: wget ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ak/uname26/uname26.c gcc -o uname26 uname26.c ./uname26 program Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
I ran into a couple of programs which broke with the new Linux 3.0
version.  Some of those were binary only.  I tried to use LD_PRELOAD to
work around it, but it was quite difficult and in one case impossible
because of a mix of 32bit and 64bit executables.

For example, all kind of management software from HP doesnt work, unless
we pretend to run a 2.6 kernel.

  $ uname -a
  Linux svivoipvnx001 3.0.0-08107-g97cd98f #1062 SMP Fri Aug 12 18:11:45 CEST 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

  $ hpacucli ctrl all show

  Error: No controllers detected.

  $ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/hpacucli
  hpacucli-8.75-12.0

Another notable case is that Python now reports "linux3" from
sys.platform(); which in turn can break things that were checking
sys.platform() == "linux2":

  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=664564

It seems pretty clear to me though it's a bug in the apps that are using
'==' instead of .startswith(), but this allows us to unbreak broken
programs.

This patch adds a UNAME26 personality that makes the kernel report a
2.6.40+x version number instead.  The x is the x in 3.x.

I know this is somewhat ugly, but I didn't find a better workaround, and
compatibility to existing programs is important.

Some programs also read /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease.  This can be worked
around in user space with mount --bind (and a mount namespace)

To use:

  wget ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ak/uname26/uname26.c
  gcc -o uname26 uname26.c
  ./uname26 program

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs 2011-08-23T18:41:44+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-08-23T18:41:44+00:00 35a177a08d14f238d89d7f03918d3e0482af3240 * 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs: xfs: fix tracing builds inside the source tree xfs: remove subdirectories xfs: don't expect xfs headers to be in subdirectories 
* 'for-linus' of git://oss.sgi.com/xfs/xfs:
  xfs: fix tracing builds inside the source tree
  xfs: remove subdirectories
  xfs: don't expect xfs headers to be in subdirectories
Revert "irq: Always set IRQF_ONESHOT if no primary handler is specified" 2011-08-23T17:36:51+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-08-23T17:36:51+00:00 69dd3d8e29e294caaf63eb5e8a72d250279f9e5f This reverts commit f3637a5f2e2eb391ff5757bc83fb5de8f9726464. It turns out that this breaks several drivers, one example being OMAP boards which use the on-board OMAP UARTs and the omap-serial driver that will not boot to userspace after the commit. Paul Walmsley reports that enabling CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ reveals 'IRQ handler type mismatch' errors: IRQ handler type mismatch for IRQ 74 current handler: serial idle ... and the reason is that setting IRQF_ONESHOT will now result in those interrupt handlers having different IRQF flags, and thus being unsharable. So the commit log in the reverted commit: "Since it is required for those users and there is no difference for others it makes sense to add this flag unconditionally." is simply not true: there may not be any difference from a "actions at irq time", but there is a *big* difference wrt this flag testing irq management (see __setup_irq() in kernel/irq/manage.c). One solution may be to stop verifying IRQF_ONESHOT in __setup_irq(), but right now the safe course of action is to revert the change. Let's revisit this in a later merge window. Reported-by: Paul Walmsley <paul@pwsan.com> Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Requested-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
This reverts commit f3637a5f2e2eb391ff5757bc83fb5de8f9726464.

It turns out that this breaks several drivers, one example being OMAP
boards which use the on-board OMAP UARTs and the omap-serial driver that
will not boot to userspace after the commit.

Paul Walmsley reports that enabling CONFIG_DEBUG_SHIRQ reveals 'IRQ
handler type mismatch' errors:

  IRQ handler type mismatch for IRQ 74
  current handler: serial idle
  ...

and the reason is that setting IRQF_ONESHOT will now result in those
interrupt handlers having different IRQF flags, and thus being
unsharable.  So the commit log in the reverted commit:

                            "Since it is required for those users and
    there is no difference for others it makes sense to add this flag
    unconditionally."

is simply not true: there may not be any difference from a "actions at
irq time", but there is a *big* difference wrt this flag testing irq
management (see __setup_irq() in kernel/irq/manage.c).

One solution may be to stop verifying IRQF_ONESHOT in __setup_irq(), but
right now the safe course of action is to revert the change.  Let's
revisit this in a later merge window.

Reported-by: Paul Walmsley <paul@pwsan.com>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Requested-by: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2011-08-19T17:47:07+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-08-19T17:47:07+00:00 5ccc38740a283aba81a00e92941310d0c1aeb2ee * 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (23 commits) Revert "cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs." block: fix flush machinery for stacking drivers with differring flush flags block: improve rq_affinity placement blktrace: add FLUSH/FUA support Move some REQ flags to the common bio/request area allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ_DATA independent of *FLUSH xen/blkback: Make description more obvious. cfq-iosched: Add documentation about idling block: Make rq_affinity = 1 work as expected block: swim3: fix unterminated of_device_id table block/genhd.c: remove useless cast in diskstats_show() drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: relax check on dvd manufacturer value drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: use bitmap_parse instead of __bitmap_parse bsg-lib: add module.h include cfq-iosched: Reduce linked group count upon group destruction blk-throttle: correctly determine sync bio loop: fix deadlock when sysfs and LOOP_CLR_FD race against each other loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop devices loop: add management interface for on-demand device allocation loop: replace linked list of allocated devices with an idr index ... 
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (23 commits)
  Revert "cfq: Remove special treatment for metadata rqs."
  block: fix flush machinery for stacking drivers with differring flush flags
  block: improve rq_affinity placement
  blktrace: add FLUSH/FUA support
  Move some REQ flags to the common bio/request area
  allow blk_flush_policy to return REQ_FSEQ_DATA independent of *FLUSH
  xen/blkback: Make description more obvious.
  cfq-iosched: Add documentation about idling
  block: Make rq_affinity = 1 work as expected
  block: swim3: fix unterminated of_device_id table
  block/genhd.c: remove useless cast in diskstats_show()
  drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c: relax check on dvd manufacturer value
  drivers/block/drbd/drbd_nl.c: use bitmap_parse instead of __bitmap_parse
  bsg-lib: add module.h include
  cfq-iosched: Reduce linked group count upon group destruction
  blk-throttle: correctly determine sync bio
  loop: fix deadlock when sysfs and LOOP_CLR_FD race against each other
  loop: add BLK_DEV_LOOP_MIN_COUNT=%i to allow distros 0 pre-allocated loop devices
  loop: add management interface for on-demand device allocation
  loop: replace linked list of allocated devices with an idr index
  ...
irqdesc: fix new kernel-doc warning 2011-08-18T21:12:48+00:00 Randy Dunlap rdunlap@xenotime.net 2011-08-18T19:19:27+00:00 d522a0d17963e9c2e556db2cbd60c96d40505b6c Fix kernel-doc warning in irqdesc.c: Warning(kernel/irq/irqdesc.c:353): No description found for parameter 'owner' Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 
Fix kernel-doc warning in irqdesc.c:

  Warning(kernel/irq/irqdesc.c:353): No description found for parameter 'owner'

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Merge branch 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm 2011-08-17T20:15:25+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-08-17T20:15:25+00:00 b4fd4ae6c6420c18e4bae2c294b7e06f5ff5210f * 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm: PM / Domains: Fix build for CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME unset 
* 'pm-fixes' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rafael/linux-pm:
  PM / Domains: Fix build for CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME unset
Merge branch 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-08-17T17:25:08+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-08-17T17:25:08+00:00 2da9f365fc401b79627bc7be56d8a2b4ee9b390b * 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: lockdep: Fix wrong assumption in match_held_lock 
* 'core-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  lockdep: Fix wrong assumption in match_held_lock
Merge branch 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-08-17T17:23:50+00:00 Linus Torvalds torvalds@linux-foundation.org 2011-08-17T17:23:50+00:00 950d0a10d12578a270f3dfa9fd76fe5c2deb343f * 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: irq: Track the owner of irq descriptor irq: Always set IRQF_ONESHOT if no primary handler is specified genirq: Fix wrong bit operation 
* 'irq-urgent-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
  irq: Track the owner of irq descriptor
  irq: Always set IRQF_ONESHOT if no primary handler is specified
  genirq: Fix wrong bit operation